Cat Clans 2 Mad Cats: Slot Overview

Calling all cat fans—this one’s aimed right at you. Cat Clans 2 Mad Cats is an online slot from Games Global partner Snowborn Games, and it follows on from the original Cat Clans slot that launched around a year and a half earlier. There was also Cats of the Caribbean, though that felt more like a separate release that simply happened to feature cats. This break between entries has brought a range of updates to the theme and the mechanics, with some tweaks being more noticeable than others. Anyone who enjoyed Cat Clans for its lovable felines can relax—the cats return here, joined by a mix of familiar and fresh features.

For the sequel, Snowborn Games has ditched the mediaeval flavour of Cat Clans entirely. In its place, Cat Clans 2 Mad Cats leans into a near-future, post-apocalyptic mood where everything has fallen apart and society—cats, in this case—survives by forming groups and battling over supplies. Mad Cats meets Mad Max, basically. The gritty, rocky, dust-choked backdrop scattered with junk is worlds away from the earlier game’s Highland scenery. Still, it’s hard to fault the decision—sequels are often better when they commit to a new direction rather than rehashing the same setting.

The reel layout, however, stays consistent, with play taking place on a 5-reel, 3-row grid and 20 paylines for standard line wins. The game comes with four RTP configurations, where the top setting is 96%. At that level, it’s described as highly volatile, with a theoretical win frequency of 29.57%. Bets can be set from 20 p/c to $/€25, and players also have the option to purchase 1 of 3 bonus buys.

Wins pay from the leftmost reel and require 3 to 5 matching symbols. The pay set (low to high) includes diamonds, spades, clubs, hearts, tins of cat food, petrol cans, and then 4 cat character symbols. A 5-of-a-kind line win returns 1.25 to 5 times the bet for the non-cat icons, or 10 to 12.5x the bet for 5 cats. Wild grenades can land on any reel as well. They award 111x the bet for a 5 wild combination, and they also substitute for any regular paying symbol. Wilds additionally carry a random multiplier: in the base game it ranges from x1 to x5, while in Furry Spins it can be x1 to x10.

Cat Clans 2 Mad Cats: Slot Features

As for the feature set, Cat Clans 2 Mad Cats includes a Mystery Box, Cash Prize, Mad Respins, Furry Spins, and the Bonus Buy.

Myseyer Box and Cash Prizes

Whenever Mystery Box symbols land, they reveal any random symbol apart from the scatter. If a Cash Prize symbol appears, it immediately pays out 0.2 to 50 times the bet.

Mad Respins

Paw overlay symbols can land at random and are collected when they appear, randomly triggering the Mad Respins feature. While it’s active, only Mystery Boxes or blank spaces can land. Each new Mystery Box awards another respin, and the feature finishes once a respin produces no new box. After that, all Mystery Boxes on the screen open to show a random symbol. If a revealed symbol is a Cash Prize, every value is added together and paid.

Furry Spins

Hitting 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols pays 1.5, 3, or 9 times the bet, and also awards 3, 4, or 5 free spins, respectively. Landing a wild during Furry Spins resets the number of spins to the starting amount. Wilds are sticky as well, remaining in place until the feature ends. On every free spin, one random wild has its multiplier increased by +1. The feature concludes when no wilds land and there are no free spins left.

Feature Shop

In the Feature Shop, players can purchase 3, 4, or 5 Furry Spins for 50, 80, or 200 times the bet. The Furry Spins round follows the same rules as it does when triggered in normal play.

Cat Clans 2 Mad Cats: Slot Verdict

Even though the theme has been overhauled, the gameplay in Cat Clans 2 Mad Cats feels more like a blend of old and new. Some elements will be instantly familiar, while others have been introduced or removed altogether. Overall, the adjustments work in the game’s favour, since Cat Clans 2 Mad Cats delivers a noticeably different ride from its predecessor while still keeping enough connections to the original to make the series feel cohesive—assuming Snowborn Games decides to expand it further.

One of the more welcome upgrades is the expanded ceiling on the Furry Spins feature. Previously, in the comparable Cat-a-pult Free Spins round, players were stuck with 3 spins—whether the bonus triggered naturally or was bought. Here, Cat Clans 2 Mad Cats raises the stakes by allowing 4 or even 5 free spins. Notably, this doesn’t change the maximum potential, which remains 20,000x the bet, but extra spins are rarely unwelcome, and it adds a new (and beneficial) layer to the feature. Meanwhile, the original Clan Battle Bonus—where the cat symbol with the most wins earned a prize—has been removed entirely, replaced by Cash Prizes and the Mad Respin feature. Mad Respins isn’t the most groundbreaking addition, but it’s entertaining and has a similar “base-game breaker” feel to the respin mechanic Money Train 3 used.

All told, anyone who enjoyed Cat Clans should find plenty to like in Cat Clans 2 Mad Cats too. Between the major shift in theme and the amount of visual and mechanical fine-tuning—cutting some parts, adding others—Snowborn Games has given Cat Clans 2 Mad Cats a distinct furry identity of its own.